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C. E. GREENE.

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No. 664,850. Patented lanl, 190|. C. E. GREENE.

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CLARENCE E. GREENE, OF TALLULA, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,850, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed March 12, 1900. Serial No. 8,365. (No model.)

T (L7/Z whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known thatl, CLARENCE E. GREENE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at'lallnla, in the county of Menard and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Cabinets, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my said invention.

My invention relates to cabinets adapted to contain and preserve in convenient form for use postage-stamps, revenue-stamps, or other like articles.

The purposes of my invention are to provide stamp-receptacles so constructed and arranged that the stamps contained therein may be conveniently inspected and counted, to provide means to prevent curling of the stamps, and to provide simple and effective means for emitting the stamp from the receptacles as the stamps may be needed for use or sale.

Vith these ends in view my invention consists of the novel features of construction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawings, to which reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described, and recited in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete apparatus, part of the front of one of the stamp-receptacles being shown as broken away in order to more clearly illustrate the construction and arrangement of parts lying behind the front of the stamp-receptacles. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. Sis an enlarged vertical transverse section on the line Y Y of Fig. 1. Fig. e is an enlarged detached perspective view of one of the stamp-receptacles, the lid being shown as raised, so as to disclose the underlying parts.

Similar reference-numerals designate like parts in all of the views.

The case or main structure l is preferably made of hard wood and4 substantially of the form shown.

Parallel longitudinal cleats 2 are planted on the inside walls of the case 1. In one side wall of the case are slots 3, which accommodate the projecting shafts of the feed-rollers.

The stam p-receptacles L1, the stamp-drawer 5, and the cash-drawer 6 all have in their sides longitudinal channels 7, in which the cleats 2 fit loosely, and the receptacles and drawers slide on the cleats.

The stamp-drawer 5 is of ordinary construction and is intended to contain a supply of stamps to be transferred to the stampreceptacles from time to time as may be necessary to replace stamps used or sold from the receptacles. The cash-drawer 6 contains compartments for currency and coins of different denominations and is of the usual Wellknown construction. Each of the stamp-receptacles 4 is a two-part structure in the form of a drawer and consists of a basal part and a movable supplemental part suitably connected with said basal part. rlhe stamp-receptacles are slidable on cleats 2 on the Walls of the case.

In the drawings I have shown two stampreceptacles; but a greater or less nu mber may be used without departing from my invention. All of the receptacles 4 are exactly alike, so a description of one will suffice for all.

The position of the bottom 8 in the basal part of the receptacle 4 is approximately medial to the sides of the receptacle. Each of the sides of the receptacle consists of two parts 9 and 9a. The parts 9' are connected to the parts 9 by hinges 9b.

I do not limit my claim to the precise means herein set forth for connecting the parts 9 and 9a, since any other suitable connecting device may be employed, it being essential only that the parts be so connected that by raising the parts 9 the plate 11 may also be raised, so that a sheet of stamps may be placed thereunder. The line of separation between the parts 9 and 9a lies approximately in a continuation of the plane of the upper surface of the bottom S.

Thin longitudinal cleats Vl0 are secured to and project inward from the parts 9, and a plate 11, preferably of glass 0r other transparent material, lies on top of the cleats `10. The cleats 10 are very thin,(somewhat thicker than IOO the paper of the stamps,) the depth of the space between the bottom 8 and the plate 11 being such that a sheet of stamps will slide freely therein, but the overlying plate 11 will prevent curling of the stamps.

A roller 12, preferably covered with corrugated rubber orother yielding material, turns in suitablebearings in the parts 9, and one end of its shaft projects through a slot 3 in the side of the case and is terminated by a knob 12, by means of which the roller may be turned, and the other end of the shaft eX- tends through the opposite side of the case and a cog-wheel 16 is secured thereto. A similar roller 13 is mounted to turn in suitable bearings in the parts 9 and has at one end a cog-wheel 16, the same as the roller 12. The line of Contact of the rollers 12 and 13 lies in a continuation of the plane of the upper surface of the bottom 8. The intermeshing cog-wheels 16 prevent slipping and insure uniform turning of the rollers 12 and 13.

The front of each receptacle consists of two parts separated by a narrow slit et, one front part being secu red to the side parts 9 and the other being secured to the side parts 9a.

A plate 15 extends along the lower edge of the upper member of the front and is elnployed in detaehing stamps from the sheet, as hereinafter explained.

To insert stamps in the receptacle, it is slid outward, so that the sides 9"L may be turned upward on their hinges sufficiently to permit a sheet of stamps to be placed under the plate 11 and with its front edge between the rollers 12 and 13. The sheet of stamps being thus In order to take through the slit 4, and the sheet stops withV the perforations between two rows of stamps directly under the lower front edge ofthe plate 15. The projecting stamps may then be detached by pulling them upward so as to cause the paper to tear against the lower front edge of the plate along the perforations between the stamps.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a stam p-receptacle, the combination of side pieces 9, a bottom 8 approximately medial to said side pieces, side pieces 9 having a hinge connection with the side pieces 9, a

plate 1l supported on the side pieces 9l and adapted to lie parallel and contiguous to the bottom 8, the space between said plate and said bottom being such as to prevent the curling of a sheet of stamps contained therein, a roller mounted to turn on the side pieces 9 and a roller mounted to turn on the side pieces 9a, said rollers being adapted to engage with opposite sides of a sheet of stamps inter;-

posed between the plate 11 and the bottom 8, as set forth.

In witness whereofI have hereunto subscribed my name, at Tallula, Illinois, this f 

